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Air Registration Board, and Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division: British...

Catalogue reference: DR 1

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DR 1

This series contains design records and reports of testing, performance and modifications of selected types of British designed civil aircraft (including Concorde) of the Air Registration Board and the Civil Aviation Authority's Airworthiness...

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DR 1

Title
Air Registration Board, and Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division: British Civil Aircraft, Type Records
Date

1935-1987

Description

This series contains design records and reports of testing, performance and modifications of selected types of British designed civil aircraft (including Concorde) of the Air Registration Board and the Civil Aviation Authority's Airworthiness Division.

They were produced by manufacturers for the Design Surveyors of the Air Registration Board and the Civil Aviation Authority. They were used in the assessment of the the designs' conformity to the British Civil Air worthiness Requirements. They were also used as reference documents with regard to the continued airworthiness of aircraft.

There are also some reports and notes on flying boats and seaplanes, mostly dating from the 1940s.

Related material

For Brabazon aircraft type records see AVIA 47

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Air Registration Board, 1937-1973
  • Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division, 1972-1985
Physical description

898 files and volumes

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1985 Civil Aviation Authority

Subjects
Topics
Air transport
Accruals

Following the development of OSP 26: The regulation of civil aviation 1972-2002, it has been decided that no further accessions into this series will be made.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6238/

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Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

8,163 records

Within the department: DR

Records created or inherited by the Civil Aviation Authority

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Air Registration Board, and Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division: British Civil Aircraft, Type Records

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